scholarly journals Exergy-Based Assessment of Polymers Production and Recycling: An Application to the Automotive Sector

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 363
Author(s):  
Sofia Russo ◽  
Alicia Valero ◽  
Antonio Valero ◽  
Marta Iglesias-Émbil
Keyword(s):  
Fossil Fuel ◽  
Thermodynamic Assessment ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Automotive Sector ◽  
Replacement Cost ◽  
Oil Derivatives ◽  
Considerable Impact ◽  
Vehicle Components ◽  
Exergy Consumption ◽  
Plastic Content

In the last century, the economic growth has been accompanied by a worldwide diffusion of polymers for multiple applications. However, there is a growing attention to the environmental pollution and energy consumption linked to the unconditional use of plastic. In the present work, exergy is used as a measure of the resource consumption during the life cycle of polymers. Nine commercially diffused polymers are chosen, and their production chains are identified according to the “grave to cradle” approach. The global Embodied Exergy (EE) is calculated as the sum of the contribution of each step of the chain, including the production process and the Exergy Replacement Cost (ERC) of the fossil fuel. Then, recycling routes and the associated exergy consumption are analysed. Thermodynamic recycling indexes are developed depending on the final product, namely the crude polymeric material and the oil derivatives or structural molecules. The main results show that some commonly used polymers have a considerable impact in terms of EE (e.g., PET). Recycling indexes encourage the recycling processes, which are always energetically convenient (from 10% to 60% of exergy savings) compared with the production from virgin raw material. Results from EE calculation are used for the thermodynamic assessment of the plastic content of vehicle components, to obtain useful information for recycling practices development.

scholarly journals Bioenergía a partir de microalgas en México

2019 ◽  
pp. 23-34
Author(s):  
Sheila Genoveva Pérez-Bravo ◽  
Ana María Mendoza-Martínez ◽  
Maria del Refugio Castañeda-Chávez ◽  
Luciano Aguilera-Vázquez
Keyword(s):  
Energy Demand ◽  
Energy Production ◽  
Fossil Fuel ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
World Population ◽  
Fuel Prices ◽  
Lipid Contents ◽  
Current Energy ◽  
Short Carbon

The energy demand of the world population is increasing due to population growth and technological development. The current energy base is a generator of CO2 emissions, the most abundant and main greenhouse gas responsible for global warming, as well as pollutants, sulfur oxides and nitrogen oxides. The environmental deterioration and the increase in fossil fuel prices make it necessary to investigate less aggressive energy sources with the environment at competitive costs in the market. Biofuels are an alternative for energy production due to their origin in the short carbon cycle, their emissions are considered almost zero, including biodiesel and bioethanol. The latter can be obtained from microalgae rich in carbohydrates and lipids, easy to grow in short periods of time. The objective of this research is to summarize the findings made about the existence of useful microalgae as raw material to produce biofuels in Mexican territory. An exhaustive review of the literature was carried out, which contributed to estimate the microalgal diversity in the country and its lipid contents as well as carbohydrates, with different species of the genera Chlamydomonas, Chlorella, Scenedesmus, Desmodesmus being found mainly.

scholarly journals Functional Properties of Neem Oil as Potential Feedstock for Biodiesel Production

2015 ◽  
Vol 34 ◽  
pp. 7-14
Author(s):  
Prithviraj Bhandare ◽  
G.R. Naik
Keyword(s):  
Seed Oil ◽  
Fossil Fuel ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Biodiesel Production ◽  
Seed Oils ◽  
Neem Oil ◽  
Chemical Parameters ◽  
Saponification Value ◽  
Neem Seed Oil ◽  
Biodiesel Fuels

Fossil fuel resources are decreasing daily while biodiesel fuels are attracting increasing attention worldwide as blending components or direct replacements for diesel fuel in vehicle engines. In this experiment the seed oils of 30 Neem (Azadirachta indica. A. juss) biotypes were screened and evaluated for their physio-chemical parameters for oil content, biodiesel yield, density, viscosity, iodine value , free fatty acid and saponification value. Hence the neem seed oil tested in this current study could be the potential sources of raw material for biodiesel production.

Thermodynamic Input-Output Analysis of Energy Utilization in Hubei Province

2012 ◽  
Vol 516-517 ◽  
pp. 74-79
Author(s):  
Ai Jun Li ◽  
Yin Xue Cao
Keyword(s):  
Material Processing ◽  
Primary Energy ◽  
Hubei Province ◽  
Energy Utilization ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Energy Extraction ◽  
Input Output ◽  
Output Analysis ◽  
Input Output Analysis ◽  
Exergy Consumption

This paper develops a thermodynamic input-output analysis of industrial economy for Hubei Province, which accounts for the flow of cumulative exergy consumption of primary energy. Firstly, the basic situation of energy utilization in 2007 Hubei Province is analyzed. Then two different methods are adopted for thermodynamic input-output analysis in this paper, which are named as industrial cumulative exergy consumption and ecological cumulative exergy consumption. Results show that primary energy extraction sectors and raw material processing sectors have prominent peaks on both industrial cumulative exergy consumption and ecological cumulative exergy consumption for the case of Hubei Province. In terms of primary energy extraction sectors, traditional energy which has high exergy content should be substituted for new energy which has low exergy content. In terms of raw material processing sectors, high energy efficient and clean energy utilization technology should be promoted.

scholarly journals Optimal Municipal Energy System Design and Operation Using Cumulative Exergy Consumption Minimisation

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lukas Kriechbaum ◽  
Thomas Kienberger
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
System Design ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Energy System ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Variable Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Exergy Consumption

In developed countries like Austria the renewable energy potential might outpace the demand. This requires primary energy efficiency measures as well as an energy system design that enables the integration of variable renewable energy sources. Municipal energy systems, which supply customers with heat and electricity, will play an important role in this task. The cumulative exergy consumption methodology considers resource consumption from the raw material to the final product. It includes the exergetic expenses for imported energy as well as for building the energy infrastructure. In this paper, we determine the exergy optimal energy system design of an exemplary municipal energy system by using cumulative exergy consumption minimisation. The results of a case study show that well a linked electricity and heat system using heat pumps, combined heat power plants and battery and thermal storages is necessary. This enables an efficient supply and also provides the necessary flexibilities for integrating variable renewable energy sources.

Complex Energy Systems Exploiting Solar Energy and Natural Gas Vaporization

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giacomo Bisio ◽  
Alessandro Bosio ◽  
Marco Cartesegna ◽  
Giuseppe Rubatto
Keyword(s):  
Natural Gas ◽  
Solar Energy ◽  
Fossil Fuel ◽  
Energy Systems ◽  
Electrical Energy ◽  
Thermal Source ◽  
End User ◽  
Gas Source ◽  
Considerable Impact ◽  
Liquid Natural Gas

The fossil fuel reserves are limited. In addition, usable energy supply has a considerable impact on the environment, even if some effects, which are usually alleged, are far from being fully established. Natural gas is often found in remote locations far from developed industrial nations. Where possible, the gas is transported by pipeline to the end user. However, where oceans separate the gas source and the user, or there are other difficulties, the only viable way to transport the gas is to convert it into liquid natural gas (LNG) and to convey it using insulated LNG tankers. This paper outlines the results of an examination of a complex system, employing solar energy, for the production of electrical energy and the vaporization and superheating of LNG. It is to be remarked that, differently from the usual combined systems, both the thermal source and the thermal sink are exergy sources.

Approaches to the Determination of Oil Content in Oil Shale

2011 ◽  
Vol 320 ◽  
pp. 441-444
Author(s):  
Zhi Yang Yuan
Keyword(s):  
Oil Shale ◽  
Fossil Fuel ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Heating Temperature ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Shale Oil ◽  
Strategic Resources ◽  
Fuel Resource ◽  
The Impact

Oil and gas are important energy minerals and strategic resources. Moreover, as their substitute, oil shale is the non-renewable fossil fuel resource. In this paper, regarding the oil shale of Huadian in Jilin Province as raw material, we made a research on the approaches to extracting shale oil from oil shale as well as an experimental determination on the impact of heating temperature, shale grain size and holding time.

scholarly journals The use of microalgae as the raw material of bioethanol

2010 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luthfi Assadad ◽  
Bagus Sediadi Bandol Utomo ◽  
Rodiah Nurbaya Sari
Keyword(s):  
Fossil Fuel ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Carbohydrate Content ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Biodiesel Production ◽  
Biofuel Production ◽  
Small Areas ◽  
Optimum Utilization

Biofuel is one of alternative fossil fuel, in which the raw materials come from biological resources.One of the raw materials for biofuel production is microalgae. Microalgae grows rapidly, does notcompete with food for humans, and needs small areas to cultivate. Utilization of microalgae forbiofuel research nowadays is focusing on biodiesel production, but actually microalgae can beused to produce other biofuels such as bioethanol. The carbohydrate content of the microalgaecan be converted into glucose and fermented into alcohol. Carbohydrate content of the microalgaeis about 5.0–67.9%, which could produce bioethanol up to 38%. A harmony between bioethanoland biodiesel production from microalgae is needed for the optimum utilization of microalgae.Bioethanol production from microalgae can be done using de-oiled microalgae.

scholarly journals Design of Natural Gas Pipeline

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (VIII) ◽  
pp. 733-737
Author(s):  
Ashwini Chavan
Keyword(s):  
Fossil Fuel ◽  
Distribution Networks ◽  
End Users ◽  
Automotive Sector ◽  
Gas Distribution ◽  
Industrial Enterprises ◽  
Underground Pipelines ◽  
Metropolitan Cities ◽  
Pipeline Networks ◽  
City Gas

India today has an in depth network of underground pipelines used for the transportation and distribution of gas. Large factories, fertilizer factories and other industrial enterprises are the most consumers in PNG and today, however, with the rise in its popularity, it's currently utilized in the domestic sector similarly as a fuel within the automotive sector in large metropolitan cities. To bring gas to those end users within the boundaries of a significant city, it's necessary to create city gas distribution pipeline networks. India today has an intensive network of underground pipelines used for the transportation and distribution of fossil fuel. Large factories, fertilizer factories and other industrial enterprises are the most consumers in PNG and today, however, with the rise in its popularity, it's currently employed in the domestic sector additionally as a fuel within the automotive sector in large metropolitan cities. To bring gas to those end users within the boundaries of a significant city, it's necessary to create city gas distribution pipeline networks, these networks have already been founded within the cities of Delhi, Mumbai, Vadodara, Firozabad, Kanpur and plenty of more such networks are planned within the near future. Given the infrastructure and layout available in typical Indian cities, it becomes difficult to make such gas distribution networks without separate corridors for competing utilities. Reckoning on pressures, flow rates and economic criteria, these networks may be constructed with steel pipes, polyethylene (PE) pipes or a hybrid PE-steel pipe system. In contrast to borehole pipelines, which stretch for miles directly through open fields, the CGD network is more complex. These are located in densely populated areas, and an oversized number of network branches meet the wants of users in several locations in an exceedingly city. Although they're much smaller long and size than background pipelines, a city's network is far more dispersed and diverse. The rise within the number of branches means over the amount of sleeves, bends, reducers, fittings, etc. within the network, with the exception of the quantity of delivery points for the availability of fossil fuel. Due to the assorted activities of third parties other city agencies, the chance of injury and accidents is even on top of the substantial pipelines. of these factors require better security systems integrated into the network and therefore the need for special preparation to manage any emergency situation.

scholarly journals Life Cycle Assessment of Fuel Cell Vehicles Considering the Detailed Vehicle Components: Comparison and Scenario Analysis in China Based on Different Hydrogen Production Schemes

Energies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (15) ◽  
pp. 3031 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yisong Chen ◽  
Xu Hu ◽  
Jiahui Liu
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Fuel Cell ◽  
Hydrogen Production ◽  
Scenario Analysis ◽  
Power Structure ◽  
Life Cycles ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Fuel Cell Vehicles ◽  
Vehicle Components

Numerous studies concerning the life cycle assessment of fuel cell vehicles (FCVs) have been conducted. However, little attention has been paid to the life cycle assessment of an FCV from the perspective of the detailed vehicle components. This work conducts the life cycle assessment of Toyota Mirai with all major components considered in a Chinese context. Both the vehicle cycle and the fuel cycle are included. Both comprehensive resources and energy consumption and comprehensive environmental emissions of the life cycles are investigated. Potential environmental impacts are further explored based on CML 2001 method. Then different hydrogen production schemes are compared to obtain the most favorable solution. To explore the potential of the electrolysis, the scenario analysis of the power structure is conducted. The results show that the most mineral resources are consumed in the raw material acquisition stage, the most fossil energy is consumed in the use stage and global warming potential (GWP) value is fairly high in all life cycle stages of Toyota Mirai using electrolyzed hydrogen. For hydrogen production schemes, the scenario analysis indicates that simply by optimizing the power structure, the environmental impact of the electrolysis remains higher than other schemes. When using the electricity from hydropower or wind power, the best choice will be the electrolysis.

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